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Seeing Jesus in Psalm 120

  Psalm 120 PSALMS 120 A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 1 I took my troubles to the Lord; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer. 2 Rescue me, O Lord, from liars and from all deceitful people. 3 O deceptive tongue, what will God do to you? How will he increase your punishment? 4 You will be pierced with sharp arrows and burned with glowing coals. 5 How I suffer in far-off Meshech. It pains me to live in distant Kedar. 6 I am tired of living among people who hate peace. 7 I search for peace; but when I speak of peace, they want war! MAIN POINT: If you want peace, then call out to the Lord and come out from among the murderous companions in this world. In short, REPENT and SEEK THE LORD. As I read Psalm 120 I kept thinking of this phrase found in a few verses in the Bible. “Their feet are swift to shed blood” Romans 3:15 This idea (expressed in slightly different ways) which doesn’t appear in Psalm 120 but does appear in Proverbs 1:16, 6:18 and Isaiah 59:7-8 is the ...